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If you are a fan of Supergirl, you must get this DVD to see the movie in its original form. Please the voice over commentary on the first disc is worth hearing. Demi Moore was suppose to be in the movie as was Christopher Reeve. It might cost a lot but it's worth it all the way.
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I actually reviewed the movie on VHS when I bought that copy, but now since I've had my DVD player recently hooked up, I marvel at how really wonderful this movie is! Ever since I was little, Christopher Reeve was and I'm sure is everyone's favorite Superman, and that same feeling applied to Helen Slater as Supergirl! Like Reeve is Superman to all of us, Helen was Supergirl(the very first one also) to all of us! Even though there is the scene with Helen looking at a poster of Chris Reeve, I always wished they could have worked together, and I have to wonder if they have even meet each other personally! Though I grant that the movie should have made more sense to all of us, I for one label it as my all-time favorite movie because scenes were restored totally than on the VHS, and one of my favorites was a scene between Marc McClure and Maureen Teefy who are held captive in Dunaway's castle! I think the DVD special edition added more layer to Slater's character! What's really great was the making of the movie special they included along with the original theatrical trailers! For me, it's like seeing Szwarc's film for the first time, and it's not the first time he got this type of scrutiny! Remember, he directed Chris Reeve in Somewhere in Time! It's funny, the other night, I remember having a dream where this movie came out for a 20th anniversary release, and it looked absolutely beautiful! If this were to have really happened today, it would have been the first time I've seen Helen Slater on the big screen! Thank you Anchor Bay Entertainment for bringing true magic to a truly special movie!
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The first time I saw this movie I was about eight years old. At that time I thought it was an iffy movie. But as an adult I have found that my perspective has changed. I like the Idea of a female supper hero, I just wish the character was a little stronger. Now don't get me wrong I don't believe that it was the falt of Helen Slater, I thought she did an excellent job concedering it was her first movie. I just did not like the weekness written into her character. However I liked the innocence and youthful exuberance she brought to it.
This film had a great cast, and a really cool storyline. So all in all I realy enjoyed the uniqueness of this film.
A MUST SEE FILM FOR SUPER HERO FANS
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Now I have to admit, Supergirl was one disappointing movie, and the only thing that makes me want to watch the movie again and again is seeing Helen Slater leap around in her tights and mini-skirt. It's sad, but it's true. The trouble is, the found *the perfect girl* to play her, and the background music is enjoyable, especially in the flying sequence when she's discovering her powers, but the story itself was horrid. The writers should have followed the concept of the early comics more closely, instead of adding in concepts that had nothing to do with the Supergirl of that time. The Director's Cut in reality only adds to the confusion created in the edited version, as fans were hoping that various things would be made clearer.
A closing score:
1 poor === 10 super.
Helen Slater in tights 12.
Musical score 8.
Story 3.
Having Peter O'Toole and Faye Dunaway in movie 1.
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"Supergirl" hit the American theater screens in November of 1984, it did fairly well that first weekend, then faded into the backwash of movies that pop up from time to time at 3:00 in the morning while your up with a sick kid. The film is of little or no importance to film historians, usually looked upon as "The movie that was better than Superman III". The film eventually found a niche among a small band of followers that saw it for what it was, a heck of a lot of fun!
Helen Slater débuts as the Girl of Steel, Superman's cousin Kara from a doomed chunk of Krypton that's survived the planet's explosion. (All of this is only breezed over in the film, of course.) Slater does for this film what Reeve did for the other movies in the franchise, she -is- Supergirl when she's on screen, much as Reeve -was- Superman, their presence is almost tangible, you forget it's an actor in a silly costume and simply accept them as the characters.
The effects are, in a word, breathtaking, knocking the previous flying shots in the super-films to the ground hands-down. The "first flight" Supergirl takes is among one of the most watchable effects sequences ever committed to film, and was done in a time before CGI...
Yes, the acting is often hammy and over-the-top (Particularly from the major "names" in the film), and, no it's not a knock-your-socks-off action/adventure...it's more a fairy-tale, as stated in the commentary track of the DVD. If you let yourself ease into it, it's one heck of a lot of fun. The colors on the DVD transfer are incredible, from the swirly red and blue mists and fantastic chromes of the opening credits to the muted colors of the Phantom Zone, the movie looks better than it did in the theater.
If you've only seen this film on cable, or in the American Theater (or the dreadful quality VHS release of a few years back), give it a chance with this release, you haven't seen "Supergirl" at all.
The directors commentary track explains a lot about the "Supergirl" movie that almost was (initially slated to have been "Superman III," I believe, as some of the storyboard cards presented in the supplements state) which would have featured Reeve as Superman, it makes us wonder what we may have missed...
But we've got this, and, all things considered, it ain't half bad...time to watch "Supergirl" again, for the first time...let the child inside out for a couple of hours...and believe a girl can fly...!
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